A workshop to be held at the 2015 IEEE International Big Data Conference

This workshop focuses on highlighting the state-of-the-art research surrounding Big Data in the geosciences. The Workshop Chairs and Program Committee, with assistance from the Open Geospatial Consortium, seek to engage the scientific community in understanding their big data challenges and problems. Finally, we aim to identify gaps in current technologies as well as gaps in the education of new data scientists. This workshop will provide a venue for participants to showcase innovative tools and services, build new collaborations, and hear from application scientists and educators about the challenges they face.

We will cut off early-bird registration on 29 February. On-Site registration fees will be imposed on or after 29 February. If you register after 29 February you will not be able to pick up your security badge ahead of time, and therefore, will have to queue for entry into the facility (see security below).

Non-members and Guest may register directly through the OGC Storefront.

There are Meeting Fees associated with the OGC TC/PC Meetings. Based upon your organization's OGC Membership Level, you will have at least one Complementary registration for each meeting.

Security

Due to security protocols at the World Bank Facility, all attendees must enter with valid government issued photo ID. All attendees will be issued an OGC name badge and a World Bank Security badge. These two badges must be worn at all times throughout the week. In order to avoid the long security queue on Monday morning, those pre-registered prior to 29 February may pick up their OGC name and World Bank security badges on 6 March 2016 from 4-8 pm at the Elephant & Castle, 900 19th St NW, Washington, DC.

Accommodations:

You may find your hotels from the list below or via your favorite hotel booking site (i.e. hotels.com or booking.com). You may also wish to consider hotels in nearby Maryland or Virginia that
are situated along the Metro Rail Lines (such as fromhttp://hotelsneardcmetro.com/hotels-in-virginia-near-washington-dc/ ). The Farragut West and
Farragut North Metro stations are a 10 minute walk from the World Bank
facility. Locations within a 10-15 minute subway ride include locations
such as Rosslyn, VA; Crystal City, VA, Bethesda, MD.